Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven
Expands its arch on high;
Cold, clear, and blue Lake Werna's water
Reflects the winter sky.

The moon has set, but Venus shines
A silent silvery star.

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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Hareton

Text Authorship:

• by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title, appears in Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed, first published 1902 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Edward Ballantine (1886 - 1971), "Lake Werna's Water", published 1946. [SSAA chorus and piano] [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Terry Fisk , "Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 45. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "Winter Reflection", op. 24 no. 2 (1977), from The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky, no. 2. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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